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personnel basket

personnel basket noun: a large basket hoisted by crane to transfer people between offshore installations, drilling rigs, vessels, etc.

Noun

personnel basket (plural personnel baskets)

  1. A large basket hoisted by crane to transfer people between offshore installations, drilling rigs, vessels, etc.
    • So we all got in the personnel basket, which is a big metal basket for transferring people from the rig to a vessel such as a boat.2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 97

Synonyms of personnel basket

Forms of personnel basket

pluralpersonnel baskets

Questions about personnel basket

What does personnel basket mean?
Personnel basket means a large basket hoisted by crane to transfer people between offshore installations, drilling rigs, vessels, etc.
What part of speech is personnel basket?
Personnel basket is a noun.
What is the plural of personnel basket?
The plural of personnel basket is personnel baskets.

Words near personnel basket in the dictionary

  1. personlike
  2. personly
  3. personnal
  4. personned
  5. personnel
  6. personnel basket
  7. personnel baskets
  8. personnel carrier
  9. personnel carriers
  10. personnel file
  11. personnel files

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